TJ Johns, at AutomationDirect reports: The Forsyth Alliance, a rookie robotics team sponsored by AutomationDirect made up of students from local county high schools, recently competed in its Regional for the 15th Annual FIRST Robotics competition at the Gwinnett Civic Center near Atlanta. The team had 42 days to design, build, test, and ship a man-sized robot for the FIRST (For … [Read more...] about Being the solution…AutomationDirect
Walt Boyes' Blog
Back to work…
I'm back, still lisping, still with stitches in my tongue (ouch!) but the final pathology came back benign and I can take a big sigh of relief and get back to work. The May issue of CONTROL magazine is going to be a terrific one. We have: Bela Liptak's last installment of his series on controlling global warming Greg Shinskey on External Reset Greg McMillan on Advanced … [Read more...] about Back to work…
The immigration debate…
I'm going to talk politics for a minute. I know I usually stay out of it, but Jim Pinto's comments in his recent enewsletter (www.jimpinto.com) decided me that it was as relevant in a process automation blog as in any other forum. Pinto says he marched. I say I would have marched too, except I'm sick. I'm hoping to be able to march on May 1. I'll be in San Francisco for the … [Read more...] about The immigration debate…
Jim Pinto and the Patent Trolls
In his latest enewsletter, industry pundit Jim Pinto quotes a letter from an old friend, George H. Morgan, who is a patent agent. That is, he is a non-attorney who is approved by the patent office to help inventors file patents. George writes: "Many people like to ignore the reality that intellectual property really is property, the same as real estate, in many ways. "Often the … [Read more...] about Jim Pinto and the Patent Trolls
Update: Walt still can't talk! Call the networks! ;-)/ More on SP100
The good news is that apparently the mass removed from my tongue is benign. We'll know for sure next week. I am still planning to attend a special function that I can't talk about at the Kennedy Library in Boston next week, assuming I can talk and eat by then. When is the SP100 committee going to agree to develop a standard instead of pussyfooting around developing great books … [Read more...] about Update: Walt still can't talk! Call the networks! ;-)/ More on SP100
